Revolutionizing the home simulator
Note: EFIS App for iPad is no longer being offered in the App Store. The information below is for legacy support purposes only.
EFIS App for iPad is the easiest, most cost-effective way to build a very high-quality home flight simulator. By transforming a regular iPad into an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) display, the application provides a means of building a very convincing glass cockpit in your home with minimal effort.
Unlike EFIS App on a desktop or laptop PC, EFIS App for iPad does not require the Level II or Level III USB Keys; it works with any X-Plane installation and requires only a set of X-Plane DVDs.
Here’s how it works:
Using EFIS App, an iPad (or two, or three, or four!) can be configured as one of a number of different EFIS displays. In the original release of the application, users can choose between a synthetic vision display, a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) view, a wireframe view of the ground, and a steam gauge panel. Using the X-Vision PFD and Evo Controller MFD, a staggeringly powerful amount of information and control is available. This ranges from flight planning tools, to communications and navigation controls, to autopilots, to moving maps, to systems status displays.
EFIS App integrates seamlessly into a copy of X-Plane running on your Mac, Windows, or Linux machine—setup consists of nothing more than telling your desktop/laptop copy of X-Plane where to find the EFIS App iPad.
To really put the application to use, you can attach your iPad(s) to an instrument panel you build from plywood in your home, mount a “normal”-quality projector on your ceiling, and connect your Mac or PC to the projector. You would then have a simulator with spectacular visuals projected in front of you, cool EFIS instruments on the panel, and the best flight model in the industry—a simulator that would rival professional ones costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
EFIS App for iPad will spark a revolution in homebuilt, no-hassle cockpits. What’s stopping you from being a part of it?
Purchasing EFIS App for iPad
The EFIS App for iPad application can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store.
Get the manual
Download the EFIS App for iPad manual using this link, or read it online here on the Wiki.
